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Pandemic & Resistance

8/28/2020

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I had the privilege of curating this exhibition for La Peña Gallery. We invited artists to share their work, and also their experience through a series of video interviews conducted by Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler.
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Not only has a global pandemic hit our lives, but there has also been an awakening after the killing of George Floyd and other members of the Black and Latinx communities. People have started to protest police brutality, demand restorations and fight for equity and the end of systemic racism in the United States. 

In light of these events, we are always curious about how artists keep creating, how the current events have affected their practice, and what message and dreams they have for the future. 

This exhibition is divided into 3 parts: one is the online exhibition here at La Peña’s website; the second part is an in-person exhibition at La Peña Gallery on Congress Avenue (you can visit by appointment); and the third part is a series of video interviews that will be published for the duration of the exhibit.
We hope this exhibition is the foundation of an online registry of local established and emerging artists.

I would like to express my gratitude to La Peña for their efforts on keeping the community together and always fighting for the social issues. A big thanks Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler for conducting a series of wonderful interviews with the artists, we will be sharing those soon. 

Fernando Muñoz
Curator, La Peña
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Un poco de locura

7/28/2020

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I was playing with photoshop after doing this little drawing and ended up creating a gif. If you are sensitive to colors and vibrancy do not look. 
The drawing is based on a dream: A cat lady figure and a green man, descending from a city-like-temple. After a storm, there are things floating in the air like little florets of a dandelion. 
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Red, White and Blue

7/28/2020

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Red, White and Blue is an acrylic on canvas painting. measuring 16x20 inches. 2020
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New Work

7/28/2020

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Since the pandemic started I've moved most of my drawing materials from the studio to my home, I've been working on drawings and watercolors mainly. I hope you like them. 
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Pencil drawings that I scanned and retouched using photoshop. 
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Free Coloring Book

6/27/2020

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Ponchos in the Treehouses

Download the pdf, print and color it! 
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ponchointhetreehouses_cb.pdf
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Art Sale June 2020

6/24/2020

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To help cover the cost of the Studio rent for the month of July. Thanks for supporting! 
All sales are local (Austin Area) you can pay via Venmo or Paypal, I will home deliver the artwork. You can contact me at energyacreativa@gmail.com or instagram DM @energyacreativa
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Atacama, laser print, 11x17 inches. $60 framed.

Crosswinds, watercolor original, 5x7 inches, 2020. $60 framed. ​

Thoughts on a distant star, Art markers & ink, 8.5 x 6.5 inches, $150 framed.


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Complicity, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 2019. SOLD

For more sale pieces visit my facebook post: 
https://www.facebook.com/fernandomunoz/media_set?set=a.10157650340048883&type=3
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Print Austin

2/2/2020

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For the first time participating in the Print Expo and the Printmaker's ball. A Blast!
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Open Canopy December

12/7/2019

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Come and visit us at our Studio. Do your X-mas shopping supporting local artists!
Studio 122 is located at the Canopy Building 1.

Artists:
Naxieli Gomez
Fernando Muñoz

Guest Artists:
JC Amorrortu
Alondra Acosta (AG✯M)
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Art of Beer

11/30/2019

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One of the most fun projects I had the opportunity to work on! On early march of 2019 I was called by Thirsty Planet to collaborate with them and create a beer for the East Austin Studio Tour. After meeting the brewers and the folks at the company we got our hands in several beers to sample. I worked along Tyrell Elliott on defining the flavor, color, name and look of the beer. After that, it was time to create the artwork, which used some of my imagery. 
Three Strangers is a combination of three ideas, we wanted a "Dark" beer, that was "Light" and had some "Hoppyness" - The end result was what was called a Mexican Viena Cerveza. 

Cheers! and Thanks to Thirsty Planet for supporting the local artists!

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Presenting Thirsty Planet owner, Brian Smittle, with the original artwork for Three Strangers.
By Thirsty Planet:
"We made a beer for East Austin Studio Tours!

Three Strangers Vienna Cerveza is a collaboration between artist, Fernando Muñoz @energycreativa , and our own Tyrell Elliott. Fernando introduced concepts from his own work into the brewing process, asking how we foster conversation between people within a community through the unexpected. This led to Three Strangers, a dark beer with a bright, crisp taste and a pop of citrus. This Hoppy Vienna Lager meets Dark Mexican Cerveza is less a mash-up of styles, and more a reintroduction of beer’s history in the region. The appearance and taste are having a conversation with you, thus, Three Strangers.
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Three Strangers will be available for a limited-time in bottles, starting November 1st, at select HEBs around Austin. Thirsty Planet will be serving Three Strangers during both weekends of E.A.S.T. at Canopy.
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East Austin Studio Tours takes place over two weekends, November 16-17 & 23-24.
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Find out more at east.bigmedium.org @ Canopy"

Austin360 Story by Arianna Auber:
https://www.austin360.com/entertainment/20191112/austin-artist-brewer-team-up-for-new-east-beer?fbclid=IwAR0pK4illtgK9WtuzJhCZjQJoajCooKNcRb6TbD3_dQnvLVlP5au3xqyWl0


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New Studio Space

8/13/2019

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Starting in August 2019, I have a permanent studio located at Canopy Austin, feel free to contact me and schedule a visit. 

Studio 122 at Canopy Building 1
916 Springdale Rd. Austin, Texas 78702
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    My Story

    I was born in Chile at the end of the 70's, so I went through the 80's listening to rock, watching movies, reading books and doodling all the time. 
    I studied advertising and moved to the United States in 2001. I live in Austin, Texas with my beautiful family.
    ​By day I work as a graphic designer, photographer and social media lead at Texas School for the Deaf. By night (and in any free time) I paint, draw, and write poetry.
    I currently volunteer as a Curator for la Peña Gallery in downtown Austin.
    Poison of choice: Coffee.


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